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BLOWBACK in Benghazi and Cairo - it's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:55:31 GMT

For those befuddled about the "Global War on Terror" and the attacks on US embassies/consulates

re: Note to Larry Lessig on his "Anti-Corruption Pledge": Limited liability corporations are the taproot of both growing government and anonymous rent-seeking.

TokyoTom — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:49:09 GMT

Thanks for your comment, Ron; we are thinking quite similarly.

re: Note to Larry Lessig on his "Anti-Corruption Pledge": Limited liability corporations are the taproot of both growing government and anonymous rent-seeking.

Ronald D. Morley — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:35:42 GMT

Couldn't have said it better myself. People fail to realize that allowing the government (any government, but I'm mainly concerned with the U.S. Federal gov't) to treat one party more favorably than another - for whatever reason - leads to others demanding the same favors for themselves. This was recognized by the framers of the U.S. Constitution who deliberately limited the areas in which the Federal gov't could operate so as to limit the opportunities for mischief.

However, politicians and lawyers being what they are the limitations were eventually cast-aside as being too "limiting", "slow", "awkward", or "restrictive" for the modern world. The result - a Commerce Clause which is now read so broadly as to allow the Federal gov't to regulate anything it wishes under the theory that whatever is being regulated may somehow affect inter-state commerce. The solution, as many Americans are slowly (let us hope not too slowly) coming to realize is to put the Federal gov't back inside its constitutional box. This would take care of the issue of unwarranted government expansion and the corruption which goes along with it. After all, no one will bribe a politician who cannot provide favors because he has no legal authority to do so. I hope that Dr. Lessig's proposal fails as adding yet more regulations simply provides the politicians with more opportunities to provide "constituent services" (read favors in exchange for campaign donations) and, in the end, exacerbates the problems the new rules were supposed to solve.

Just my $.02,

Ron

#Occupy: A shallow, obtuse 'bleeding-heart' libertarian (who missed Block) facilely blames the Left for corporatism: Dear Left: Corporatism Is Your Fault

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:42:27 GMT

I ran across the following post by Jason Brennan a few weeks ago; no doubt quite a few of you will like

#Occupy: A shallow, obtuse 'bleeding-heart' libertarian (who missed Block) facilely blames the Left for corporatism: Dear Left: Corporatism Is Your Fault

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:42:26 GMT

I ran across the following post by Jason Brennan a few weeks ago; no doubt quite a few of you will like

#Occupy: A shallow, obtuse 'bleeding-heart' libertarian (who missed Block) facilely blames the Left for corporatism: Dear Left: Corporatism Is Your Fault

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:42:26 GMT

I ran across the following post by Jason Brennan a few weeks ago; no doubt quite a few of you will like

#Occupy: A shallow, obtuse 'bleeding-heart' libertarian (who missed Block) facilely blames the Left for corporatism: Dear Left: Corporatism Is Your Fault

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:42:25 GMT

I ran across the following post by Jason Brennan a few weeks ago; no doubt quite a few of you will like

Limited Liability, Redux: As Bob Monks says, "corporate governance has failed and it’s time to move on." So what's next? Unleash the Hounds!

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:42:02 GMT

This is a precis of my preceding post . As I noted, veteran shareholder activist Robert A.G. Monks has

Leading Republican corporate governance expert throws in towel on shareholder oversight of public corporations, decries unaccountable CEOs, excessive corporate power and Government Capture

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:08:43 GMT

Robert A.G. Monks is another well-known Republican now railing at runaway crony capitalism and its related

Leading Republican corporate governance expert throws in towel on shareholder oversight of public corporations, decries unaccountable CEOs, excessive corporate power and Government Capture

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:08:42 GMT

Robert A.G. Monks is another well-known Republican now railing at runaway crony capitalism and its related

Gonzalo Lira is a shrill conservative who loudly supports the "Occupy" Movement

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:57:34 GMT

Allow me to shill for Gonzalo Lira , a Chilean-American novelist, filmmaker, founder of the Strategic

Unwinding limited liaibility: Can we roll back the regulatory state lie by shifting ultimate responsibility for managing risks to enterprise owners?

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:10:52 GMT

[This is an edited re-post .] Libertarians have not quite focussed on how the state grant of limited

Unwinding limited liaibility: Can we roll back the regulatory state lie by shifting ultimate responsibility for managing risks to enterprise owners?

TT's Lost in Tokyo — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:10:51 GMT

[This is an edited re-post .] Libertarians have not quite focussed on how the state grant of limited

re: I refuse to believe corporations are people -- until Texas executes one

Friedrich Dominicus — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:47:35 GMT

This is a nice one.

re: Interesting: Sarah Palin now sounds like a populist, anti-corporate LIBERTARIAN

Friedrich Dominicus — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:05:45 GMT

I'm absolutely with here as posted here. Yes it's the worst of anything we can currently see in politics. And it's due to using government for granting advantages to those "liked"